System Modeling and Optimization

The Legacy of Camillo Possio to Unsteady Aerodynamics.- The Possio Integral Equation of Aeroelasticity: A Modern View.- Beyond Possio Equation: The Legacy of Camillo Possio to Flight Dynamics and Hydrodynamics.- One Hundred Years Since the Introduction of the Set Distance by Dimitrie Pompeiu.- Analysis of a PDE Model for Sandpile Growth.- On Warm Starts for Interior Methods.- Recent Advances in Bound Constrained Optimization.- P-Factor-Approach to Degenerate Optimization Problems.- Non Monotone Algorithms for Unconstrained Minimization: Upper Bounds on Function Values.- On the Efficiency of the ?-Subgradient Methods Over Nonlinearly Constrained Networks.- Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Algorithms for Nonconvex Problems with Box Constraints.- Multiobjective Optimization for Risk-Based Maintenance and Life-Cycle Cost of Civil Infrastructure Systems.- Application of Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm to Bridge Maintenance.- A Method for the Mixed Discrete Non-Linear Problems by Particle Swarm Optimization.- Optimization of Cooling Pipe System of Plastic Molding.- Optimum Design of Cooling Pipe Systems by Branching Tree Model in Nature.- Implementation of Multiobjective Optimization Procedures at the Product Design Planning Stage.- On the Numerical Solution of Stochastic Optimization Problems.- Parameter Estimation of Parabolic Type Factor Model and Empirical Study of US Treasury Bonds.- Multi-Stage Stochastic Electricity Portfolio Optimization in Liberalized Energy Markets.- SSD Consistent Criteria and Coherent Risk Measures.- Optimal Policies Under Different Pricing Strategies in a Production System with Markov-Modulated Demand.- An Adaptation of Bicgstab for Nonlinear Biological Systems.- Numerical Approximation of a Control Problem for Advection-Diffusion Processes.- A New Low Rank Quasi-Newton Update Scheme for Nonlinear Programming.- Reliability in Computer Networks.